Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-21
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4 GlFr, is IL,
Extraoting n Wind from an AIlege

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Extracting h Wind from an Alleged
Argument Against Division.
The reckless statement nat DAkotans
hove derived no benefit from the gov
erhment they help to mAIutaiaN IS toe
Transparent to demand q renustni. Ia
farming lands not worthy to receive
even u passing notice What has
brought the present population to Dag
otap These lands, the gait OF the guS-
erpment against winch there Is pausht
out railing as the hands OF tbs advocales
Of civ. Sion, who are themselves the
parties responsible for the lack OF state
hood about which They make 50 great u
hue aud cry. When the people express
themselves IN no uncertain way at the
ballot box, then their wants may be at
tended to and admission accorded as
once OF ns two Htates. That his will
eyentuate az q result OF the wild mouth.
ings of . clique OF hungry office seekers
Is hardly to be expected.
Redtield journal: Tie above is from.
the editorial columns of tho Dakota Dis
ratch, Published by q once very hungry
Office seeker whose wants for the time
i 0SAAG 4r AovOE 0CS - . H ~
hungry ."ofice-aeekern dodge is the
stock-in trade OF the fellows Who oppose
division, many OF whom are at heart as
strongly opposed to admission in any
form as they are to division. for the
simple reason that the acquisition OF
statehood would quickly result in knock
ing them out Of good fat offices; and
especially is this true OF the accredited
author OF the paragraph above quoted.
"That this t~stasehood) will 'evensuate as
o result of the wild mouthings of q clique
OF hungry otfioe-seekers IL hardly to be
expected" The supreme lndicrous-
ness of this quotation emanating
from the source 1t does, is enough to
cause tears to pillow deep ravines down
the cheek Of o government mule. And
THE governments has made o gift OF noble
areas o fmagnihcent farming lands" has
ifP The people who settled upon these
lands didn't own any portion of them
Oh nol--they belonged to the govern.
ment. and the people are nc part of the
government and the government hasn't
received SLIPS an acre for most OF this
landl-and the people who came here
haven't made the governments dessert"
blossom IS q rosei--they hayen't made
this "deBert return 9 net profit to
the governments postal and internal
.1revenued departmental oh elthese noble
areas Of mafiniicent farming lands
are . "gift to the people OF
Dakota and we ought to be willing to
plcd along through life paying tribute
to o government of which we, as Ameri-
can c~itizens, form no part, never had any
interest in 1T, didn't help to preserve
when treason sought to destroy it
ought to be content to be governed by
ts4ourth rate statesmen and continue
to deal out tho fat of the lend to its
horde OF hangers-on and protegeB who
arc palmed off On us as genuine menl
Somehow the people OF Dakota do not
appear az be built that way. They
seem to possess those sterling qualities
-hhi5h wsss oharaotefistic OF their rsvo-
~lutionsry fathers and which were again
exenpliied in 81. They do not ask any
any favor OF the government. They de-
mand their constitutional rights-noth-
ing more.